Oct. 31, 2017
12:12 pm JST

Oct. 31, 2017
12:15 pm JST

Oct. 31, 2017
12:23 pm JST

It's obvious that the killer is sick and that there is no way to deter such individuals from carrying their heinous deeds. As primates we all share the killer instinct of our closest relative, the chimpanzee. Although the murder rate in Japan is low, when such disturbed individuals do strike, they don't do things by halves.

Oct. 31, 2017
12:32 pm JST

Oct. 31, 2017
12:32 pm JST

@u_s__reamer - As primates we all share the killer instinct of our closest relative, the chimpanzee.

You couldn't be more wrong if you tried to be. Chimpanzees and other primates only kill for territory, defense or dominance disputes. It is also very rare for these disputes to end in death. They do not kill to satisfy an inner macabre mental illness and they definitely don't collect heads in freezers! I think you owe the chimpanzees an apology.

Oct. 31, 2017
01:20 pm JST

Oct. 31, 2017
01:28 pm JST

ok, i can kinda get the killing part but the dismembering part? why?!?! just the thought of it makes me wanna puke. and then keeping it all in your house. the smell must have been overwhelming. sounds more like dahmer than lecter to me.

Oct. 31, 2017
01:30 pm JST

Geeez, is "suspicion of disposing of bodies" the only thing police here can use to arrest someone?? How about ammmm lets see here... stretching things I know but how about simply "Suspicion of murder and dismembering of nine people!!!" I think thats more to the point is it not?

Oct. 31, 2017
01:42 pm JST

It sounds to me like people went to this guy to escape their misery and he was willing to kill them, probably in exchange for money. Or, maybe he is indeed even sicker still and they met to talk and he killed them because he's a serial killer and they were easy targets; him being able to rationalize it because he wanted to die.

In any case, even if he was 'helping' he's no Kevorkian. It'll be interesting to hear more of the details. Were they ALL suicidal and looking for others? Or was that just the last victim and the rest he flat out murdered?

Oct. 31, 2017
01:59 pm JST

Because our brain size and resulting superior intelligence have created complex cultures culminating in modern urban environments humans are capable of far worse killings than chimps who live in simple jungle habitats. Why are so many humans in denial over our shared biological origins and the manifest reality that we humans are the most dangerous animals on the planet? Even powerful political leaders who have never killed with their own hands have, nevertheless, been responsible for countless deaths. No punishments devised by us can ever change "human nature".

Oct. 31, 2017
05:00 pm JST

Oct. 31, 2017
05:28 pm JST

The apartment is located near the U.S. Army's Camp Zama.

Why is this even in the article? The whole of Zama is near the US base. Is it just a little snipe at the US forces in Japan? There is no connection between the US base and the Japanese mass-murderer. It is totally irrelevant and should be removed from the article.

Oct. 31, 2017
05:45 pm JST

@nakanoguy I guess it, dismembering bodies, was for the convenience of storing the remains until you find a safe and relatively easy way to dispose those bodies. Keeping the dead body without dismembering would take too much space and make it hard to move them. He might be a helper for people who want to finish their lives.

Oct. 31, 2017
07:26 pm JST

Hirokazu Kora

“I wonder why his neighbors or the families of the other 8 victims didn't notice this and report to the police?”

Apparently the neighbors did not realize what the bad smell was. And we don’t yet know who 8 of the 9 victims are. Maybe their families did report them missing. But filing a missing person report doesn’t necessarily result in immediate results.

Oct. 31, 2017
09:52 pm JST

This is new. The last one was an insane scum who murdered his family and burned down the house. This time, 9 bodies over years. No one knew, suspected, did not care. Shall we reset the countdown? No need, the world already did so.

Oct. 31, 2017
10:19 pm JST

Oct. 31, 2017
10:43 pm JST

In any case, even if he was 'helping' he's no Kevorkian. It'll be interesting to hear more of the details.

Actually if this guy in Zama is assisting people in their deaths/ suicides he is exactly like Kevorkian. Just because in some countries this practice is approved by government there is no material difference. Given that so many are involved it will be interesting to learn more about the circumstances of this case.

Oct. 31, 2017
11:07 pm JST

No punishments devised by us can ever change "human nature".

It is obvious to anyone paying attention that human nature is essentially immutable subject at the margins only to the glacially show influences of evolution. But don’t tell that to a Lefty - they are convinced they can bend human nature to their will. Yet serial killers exist in the safe gun free countries like Japan.

Nov. 1, 2017
12:18 am JST

Like Japan, such things are very rare in the UK, but they do happen. I

hope that one day we can find an answer as to what makes a person do

such things.

That is the difference. They are not rare in Japan. In UK you have crime: mugging, hired killers, robberies, drunken assaults etc. Such things happen very rarely and the culprits are mighty insane. But that is a norm for the killer in Japan.

In Japan, you have this kind of case monthly. But this precise case is actually new - the amount of victims tops anything before in such cases. Japanese society DOES NOT stop to AMAZE...

Nov. 1, 2017
01:20 am JST

In UK you have crime: mugging, hired killers, robberies, drunken assaults etc. Such things happen very rarely and the culprits are mighty insane. But that is a norm for the killer in Japan.

According to wiki, Japan has an intentional homicide rate of 0.31/100,000, which works out at 395 killings per year. The UK has an intentional homicide rate of 0.92, which works out at 594 killings per year.

Neither country has a particularly high murder rate compared to some other countries, and this kind of thing is not 'the norm' in either country.

But before you start making ridiculous claims about the relative rarity of sick killers in the UK, cast your mind back to Ian Brady & Myra Hindley; Harold Shipman; Peter Sutcliffe; Fred & Rosemary West. These are just the ones that come immediately to mind; there are many others.

If you find Japanese society amazing, you must find the UK totally gobstopping.

Nov. 1, 2017
02:44 am JST

Obviously, this killer is mentally unwell. Article suggests he acted to assist suicides at first. I doubt he’ll ever leave prison, or an insane asylum.

What would be actually useful for society is to prevent others being this isolated from their community in such a manner they prey on other fringe members. I don’t know how to trigger empathy in others. I hope mental professionals can help marginalized people to avoid losing their humanity.

Nov. 1, 2017
03:06 am JST

OR, "Sparky", we could introduce Absolute Surveillance (絶対監視) and prevent those heinous crimes against humanity to happen in the first place, by culling the corruption when the signs are there, not the results. Of course, responsible state security will have to know an immense amount of information about you, me, serial killers, blackmailers and those deviant youths without any work and outside education. But they would not act unless the surveilled person is showing threat to the society. It comes down to a choice on fundamental level: "Do I prefer my own phantom feeling of privacy and well-being over the safety of others?". I wish I had heard everyone answer it once...

Nov. 1, 2017
11:00 am JST

culprits are mighty insane.

No, not usually. Stop conflating violence and murder with mental illness, people with a MH problem are more likely to be victims than perpetrators.

Of all the UK serial killers I can think of; Nilson, Shipman, the Wests, Ireland et al (it's a big list), I can only think of Ian Brady and Peter Sutcliffe as ones that were diagnosed with a mental illness.

Nov. 1, 2017
12:20 pm JST

Does anybody remember the hit song and video for "Too Much Blood" by the Rolling Stones? It mentions a man who took his girlfriend up to his apartment, decapitated her and stuffed the other body parts in the fridge. Then he was seen at night burying the bones. Other gruesome acts, mostly from horror movies are mentioned and this lady watching TV has a freaky breakdown. Also, those who think Mick Jagger can't dance really need to see this video!

Nov. 1, 2017
12:38 pm JST

Nov. 1, 2017
04:54 pm JST

@educator 60, I think that the point i was trying to make is that the penal system should terminate his life pretty quickly, how ever it is undertaken, lethal injection, hanging, etc. this is one sick individual.

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